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Durable Constitutional Rules and Rent Seeking
(Public Finance Review, 2003-07-01)
Many constitutional political economists argue that the length of time constitutions remain in effect distinguishes constitutional politics from legislative politics. The author explores the role of constitutional durability ...
The Self-Directed Learning of Women with Breast Cancer
(Adult Education Quarterly, 2003-08-01)
This study examines the self-directed learning experiences of women with breast cancer. The common elements in the experiences of 13 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer within 3 years prior to the study were ...
Recognizing Homicide as a Public Health Threat: Toward an Integration of Sociological and Public Health Perspectives in the Study of Violence
(Homicide Studies, 2003-05-01)
This article establishes the burden of violent mortality worldwide and discusses the possibility of integrating public health and sociological criminology in the study of violence. First, vital statistics data are employed ...
Relating Ability and Personality to the Efficacy and Performance of Dyadic Teams
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2003-10-01)
We examined the extent to which member ability and personality relate to differences in team performance and team efficacy in a task setting that simulated the high degree of role interdependence and human-technology ...
Microscopic Void Analysis in Resin Transfer Molded Composites
(2003)
Composites are being increasingly used in various applications because of their light weight and high performance. One of the common disadvantages of composite materials is the formation of defects during manufacturing ...
Understanding Variation in the Practice of Employee Discipline: The Perspective of the First-Line Supervisor
(Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2003-03-01)
First-line supervisors' responses to employee-related problems can vary widely from one supervisor to another. Assuming fair and consistent disciplinary activity is valued by organizations, then discovery of the factors ...
Status, Testosterone, and Human Intellectual Performance: Stereotype Threat as Status Concern
(Psychological Science, 2003-03-01)
Results from two experiments suggest that stereotype-threat effects are special cases of a more general process involving the need to maintain or enhance status. We hypothesized that situations capable of confirming a ...
The Promise and Peril of Anecdotes in News Coverage: An Ethical Analysis
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2003-12-01)
This article assesses the use of anecdotes in news coverage on ethical grounds, pointing both to their promise and to their potential dangers. The analysis draws on Craig's framework for analyzing news coverage of ethics; ...
Changing the Newsroom Culture: A Four-Year Case Study of Organizational Development at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2003-06-01)
Characterization of Some Actinomyces-Like Isolates from Human Clinical Sources: Description of Varibaculum cambriensis gen. nov., sp. nov.
(2003-02)
Fifteen strains of an anaerobic, catalase-negative, gram-positive diphtheroid-shaped bacterium recovered from human sources were characterized by phenotypic and molecular chemical and molecular genetic methods. The ...